Irena King

Founder & CEO at Surgicure Technologies

Irena is the Founding Director and CEO at Surgicure, where she oversees staff functions and implements strategies for the company. She has been working in the biotechnology industry for five years and has participated and led several development projects at American University, Harvard University's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, and the start-up MicroInvestigate. Irena aims to integrate more effective medical devices and pharmaceuticals into the healthcare system and securing medical solutions for patients with diseases, disabilities, and disorders. Prior to formally founding Surgicure, Irena completed the National Science Foundation's Innovation Corps Customer Discovery Program, received the 28th Annual Rafferty Mathias Research Conference Award, participated as an Amgen Scholar at Harvard University, and was accepted into American University's Entrepreneurship Incubator to proceed to work on Surgicure's device.

Irena received her B.S. in Neuroscience and Bioentrepreneurship from American University in 2019. She is currently a fully funded Ph.D. Candidate in the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology Program and an NSF Graduate Research Fellow.

Location

Boston, United States

Links

Previous companies


Org chart

No direct reports

Teams


Offices

This person is not in any offices


Surgicure Technologies

Surgicure Technologies is a small female-owned biotechnology start-up company that is dedicated to building the most effective medical instrument to prevent unnecessary harm while promoting safety and efficiency for both their patients and practitioners during surgical procedures and healing processes.


Industries

Employees

1-10

Links